Haggai 1:5–11

⁵Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully^g about your ways:

⁶You have planted much

but harvested little.

You eat

but never have enough to be satisfied.

You drink

but never have enough to be happy.

You put on clothes

but never have enough to get warm.

The wage earner puts his wages

into a bag with a hole in it.”^h

⁷The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways. ⁸Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord. ⁹“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined^D it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

¹⁰So on your account,^E

the skies have withheld the dew

and the land its crops.ⁱ

¹¹I have summoned a drought

on the fields and the hills,

on the grain, new wine, fresh oil,

and whatever the ground yields,

on people and animals,

and on all that your hands produce.”